3 British Battleships Ambush Italian Fleet - Battle of Cape Matapan

Buy a Poster: https://historigraph.store Get Early Access to Videos:   / historigraph   On the night of March 28th 1941, a force of Italian cruisers was ambushed at point blank range by a group of British battleships. In just four devastating minutes, the Italian squadron was almost totally destroyed, as a day of cat and mouse fleet manuvering came to an explosive end. 0:00 - Thank You to My Patrons 0:33 - Introduction 0:57 - Opening Salvoes 4:00 - The Chase is on! 6:32 - Pola's Fatal Air Attack 9:51 - 4 Minutes of Devastation Sources: The Battle of Matapan, SWC Pack Engage the Enemy More Closely, Corelli Barnett, Dark Waters, JE Harrold Credits: Artwork by: Chrisbyflanker: https://bsky.app/profile/chrisbyflank... Animation by Josh Bassett and CKD Productions Written, Directed and Produced by Josh Bassett ► Twitch:   / historigraph   ► Second Channel:    / @historynotes26   ► Twitter:   / historigraph   ►Facebook:   / historigraph   ►Instagram:   / historigraph   ►Patreon:   / historigraph   Music Credits: "Rynos Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Stay the Course" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Other music and SFX from Epidemic Sound